Since the Ontario PC leadership race kicked off a month ago, Ford has repeatedly stated during leadership debates and interviews he would merely “review” the sexual health component in the province’s Health and Physical Education curriculum, but as the race heads down the homestretch, Ford’s campaign now appears to have traded its dog whistle for a foghorn.

Former televangelist Charles McVety, a close ally of Ford’s leadership campaign, is currently appealing to his social conservative followers to vote for Ford because “Doug Ford will repeal radical sex education.”

“I believe education should start at home,” Ford said. “It shouldn’t start with the Liberal ideology breathing down our back day in and day out. That is going to be done immediately.”

Ford also shared an anecdote about his bewilderment when his nephew “Dougie” told “Uncle Doug” they are teaching him about sex in his grade two classroom.

“Grade two, (Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne) is trying to parade this ideology down our backs about six different genders or ten different genders, I think it’s six different genders and all the nonsense.”

In fact, what Ford told his supporters in Lindsay, Ontario would appear to be false.

Lessons on “sex” or “gender” appear nowhere in grade two – between grades four and six, students do learn about reproductive systems and biological changes that occur during puberty, seventh grade students learn about “delaying sexual activity” and “pregnancy prevention,” while grade eight students learn about gender identity and other concepts related to human health and sexuality.

Doug Ford says he’d “welcome” MPPs tabling dangerous and likely unconstitutional legislation making it harder for young women to access abortions in Ontario.

In an interview with anti-abortion activists, the Ontario PC leadership candidate indicated he would allow members of his caucus to table and hold free votes on legislation restricting access to abortions in the province.

That includes a controversial idea to violate doctor-patient confidentiality and give parents veto power over their pregnant teenger’s abortion.